The Republican journal., 1887-10-20
How to Get Rich.


have been successful. While these letters con-
tain much good advice, although little that Is
really new, it may well be doubted whether
their diligent and general perusal will apprec-
ably lengthcn the list of millionaires. One
| man will starve where another would grow
| rich, and sometimes it seems as if pure luck
makes man wealthy without any eXertion on
his part. As rule we believe the rich man,
like the poet is born, not made. But let us see
what the rich men have to say. 2. Il. Barnum
starts out with the proposition that ''the foun-
dation of success in life is good health" Then
let the young man select the vocation which Is
most congenial to his taste, avoid running in
debt, and do what he has to do with all his
might. Read the newspapers. advertise, pre-
serve your integrity be polite and civil, and
you may become the proprietor of the second
greatest show on carth-Barnum has the first
Gen. b. f. Butler says; Never do mean
thing; be prudent and sparing of your money;
work diligently, and invest in real estate-im-
proved real estate, that Is paying rent ''IIe
had better buy it when sold at auction, under a
judicial sale, paying in cash what he can, giving
due at frequently recurring intervals, secured
by mortgage on the property, and then use
all his extra income in paying up those notes.
Nothing is 50 safe for an invest
ment as improved real estate Nothing is like
ly to grow in value faster. In the last so years
80 per cent. of all the merchants and traders in
Boston have failed In the last 80 wears 90 per
cent. of all the business corporations have fall
ed or gone out of business, so that their stock
has been wiped out. In the last 80 years all
| the improved real estate, on the average, has
paid its interest and taxes and quadrupled in
Naluc.' In conclusion Gen. Butler relates his
experience to show that he has followed the
course he now advises others to take
Mr.. Henry ii. Faxon. of Quincy, Mass, of
| course advocates temperate habits, the avoid
ance of bad company, and strict attention to
business. He says The Young man who Is
afraid that he shall earn more than his employ
er gives him is making fatal mistake. Fifteen
or 20 minutes labor. cheerfully performed af-
ter hours in order to complete some task, sci.
| dom escapes the notice of those who carry on
business enterprises. He who honestly tries
to make his services Of ever increasing value to
| his employer is soon selected from the ranks of
the Indifferent, and promotion step by step is
the reward of his fathfuness.' ON the other
hand says Mr. FaNon:
Those who whine most about the hardships
| of iaboring men are commonly cheap grade
| of har-room iOafcrs. They are the kind of
| men who are perfectly satisfied to pay a rum
| seller - cents 4 pint for whiskey which only
cost him 10 cents, while they condemn the
| liar " Itl tItYf-, hon
| tlour which cost hlm 24..5, and shout Down
with monopoly" There is more noise and
hrag and buster i'll Il pint of wh>key inside 4
| cheap political hummer than there is in 4 bar
rel Of flour inside 200 honest men. \ business
| experience of 40 years has fully convinced NE
that the greatest loafers are the chronic fault
| finders and the very persons who envy those
who by their industry and economy have gain
ed wealth and prominence
Mr. Henry Wiman thinks the professions
are over-crow,ied. and di>courages q resort to
speculation as 4 means for acquiring wealth.
| lie says; THE legitimate trade, the honest
llodding routine of life. is the true basis for
all good fortune; and. what is better, is the
true preparation for its enjoyment. and its re-
| tcntion, if ever it is achieved. 1t may not be
within the power of many Il young man to
acquire 4 great fortune, but it is within the
power of aIl to merit the application of the
| words of the ancient Philosopher: 1T is not
| in mortals to command success. We will DO
better, serproniti>-we will deserve it,
Mr.. Asa z. Potter President of the Maverick
National Bank Boston, adds but little to the
discussion, hut says all he has to say in these
few lines II know of no better advice to give
young man than to suggest to him to select a
business that is ron1cuia to him. The nearer
he get, to something that the people want the
more certainty he i,a>. Doing that. If he be
industrious, temperate and patient, he will
have but one result, that is. success"
The closing letter i, from Mr.. Charles A.
rill-hury. of the great milling firm of {. \.
| PiII>Lury * Co.. Minneapolis. who contributes
two hints, rs follows:
Fir>t-W hen Young man commences bl>l-
Ness life by working in the employ of others, let
him strive not >imI ly to earn his salary and to
| give satisfaction to bis employers. but let him
aim to 10 ail he has strength to do and to earn
| his salary many times over. In my first htsi-
| nc~> years it WAS no uncommon tlin- for ne to
| work all night until breakfast time, a thing
| was not expected nor asked to do. If a vuung
Elan will follow the rule Of trying to make hi,
services many times more valuable than his sal
ary, either his employer or some one else will
| appreciate him. There are always few vacant
| places left for such kind of men, and their en-
ploycrs have very little 10 say a> TO their >alar
| les.
SecOnd-Ncver overrate Your own ability, nor
| undcrrate that of Your competitors. Follow
| this rule carefully, and then 10 not locate YOUR
self in business where you are not confident
that YOU AT least the "Q'!al of those who will
he your competitors. either in natural ability or
in willingness to work early or late. in season or
out of season, in order that any differences In
| natural ability may be overcome in this way,
My experience is that between natural ability
and hard work the latter viii always win.
When the two are in combination, nothing can
| prevent success.